I can't take Excedrine because I have asthma too (as if FM and arthritis isn't enough.) I have Ibprofen 800mg for the arthritis pain and the headaches and if it's a sinus headache I usually take Tylenol Sinus.

I am going to be calling my ENT today to see if they have the results of my CT scan.

My headaches get worse the more tired I get. First thing in the morning I hardly feel my headache. As the day progresses headache gets worse. If I have a good nap my headache is almost gone again. If I don't nap in the day I get killer headaches. At night when I stay up as long as I can so not to go to bed to early I get bad headaches.

Does anyone else have headaches like this that come and go depending on how tired you are?

Some are more sever than others. It seems when I get close to my monthly they increase in strength turns into a migraine. and I have to take a Tramadol. But i normally have some type of headache somewhere during the day. I can even wake up with them. I hate them as they make me feel like I am in a FOG to much.

I get alot of headaches too.
Someday maybe they'll wanna test as to why?
Its kinda scary when your getting 4 outta 7 days a week a pounding throbbing headache!!
Thats at least 4 a week. Sometimes I get them everyday for a whole week.?? mine also feel like sinus,...but some are migraines.
I get muscle contraction headaches too. The kind where your neck feels all stiff and sore along with the head pain. I take a med called fioricet for my headaches.
They help most of the times but not always.
your not alone~
wishing you better days ahead

So sorry you have so many headaches.....I know what you mean. I get them all the time and mine are mostly realted to stress! I'm learning how to relax a little and that massges do help tons at the base of my neck and shoulder area. I can feel it getting tight and then I know a headache is coming. Sleep does help most of the time....hope you're feeling better soon!

Hi Tandy..I've had Fioricet for headaches before. After my daughter was born I was having the most crippling spinal headaches (an effect from the spinal from my c-section.) Fioricet was the only thing that helped. Only problem is, it makes me really sleepy and I can't take anything like that when the kids are awake

I get headaches especially when I'm in a flare from turning my head one way or the other for too long. That is when my pain meds work really well for that.

Since I went on Prozac in 1996, I haven't had the headaches that I used to have. Prior to Prozac for FMS, I was having constant headahces and I, too, had a CAT scan and MRI.

The neurologist I saw said they were tension headaches I was getting, but when he found out I had FMS, later on, he got very ugly with me and told me he didn't treat FMS. I gave up on specialists a long time ago.

Hi ... I too have headaches most every day - One (non Rx) thing that comes to mind is Breathing/Diaphragmatic Breathing, etc. I really believe in the importance of it (wow, I'm very foggy writing this!) --- there are many techniques and practices/exercises .....

I mainly have learned to use it for control of anxiety -- but once in a while I'll skip pain meds in the a.m., maybe go for a little walk outside, get to the state of having breathed fully (deep breath and long exhalation) and realize that the PAIN is almost all GoNE !

We take pain meds and get headaches!! Go figure... I just take aspirin when I get a headache - even a migraine if I catch it in time. Yours sounds like sinus, though, so you'll need an antibiotic for it, I suspect.

i too have monster hdaches....sometimes i take a valium as a muscle relaxer for my neck muscles and lie down...close my eyes, can put on extremely soothing music and make myself stay there for ay least 15-20 minutes...no phone interupptions, no barking poodle interupptions, nothing!!! it helps...DEVA PREMAL has gorgous peaceful chnting and soothing music and another cd my chigong teacher used to play that im love and is long is'zen and the art of relaxation'......oh yeah, cover your eyes with very comfy eye shades and be warm, not hot...it helps even for a little while....and i make sure i have eaten within 2 hours..being hypoglycemic, and that is how i found out i was myu headaches!!!
good luck.....

I too have severe headaches. Sometimes they wake me up--I take vicotin and skelaxin
I never get relief just ride them out. This year they have been really bad. I live in Southern Indiana and expect the weather has something to do with it.